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(Encyclopedia) Underground Railroad, in U.S. history, loosely organized system for helping fugitive slaves escape to Canada or to areas of safety in free states. It was run by local groups of Northern abolitionists,...

(Encyclopedia) Santa Marta sänˈtä märˈtä [key], city (1993 pop. 270,253), capital of Magdalena dept., N Colombia, a port on the Caribbean Sea. The city's banana industry, operated by the United Fruit Company, ...

(Encyclopedia) Santa Catarina sänˈtə kətərēˈnə [key], state (1996 pop. 4,865,090), 37,060 sq mi (95,985 sq km), S Brazil. The capital is Florianópolis. ...

(Encyclopedia) pampas pămˈpəz, Span. pämˈpäs [key], wide, flat, grassy plains of temperate S South America, c.300,000 sq mi (777,000 sq km), particularly in Argentina and extending into Uruguay. Although the r...

(Encyclopedia) Pennsylvania Railroad, former U.S. transportation company; inc. 1846 by the Pennsylvania legislature. It opened in 1854 as a single-track line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Beginning in 1857, t...

(Encyclopedia) Sophia, Santa: see Hagia Sophia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Santa Maura, Greece: see Lefkás.

(Encyclopedia) Santa Sophia: see Hagia Sophia.

(Encyclopedia) Fullerton, city (2020 pop. 143,617), Orange co., S Calif., SE of Los Angeles; founded 1887, inc. 1904. The city is named for George H. Fullerton, head o...